Time & Work

1. If Roger can do a piece of work in 8 days and Antony can complete the same work in 5 days,
in how many days will both of them together complete it?

2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days. In how
many days can A alone complete the work?

3. A alone can complete a piece of work of ` 300 in 6 days; but by engaging an assistant, the
work is completed in 4 days. Find the share to be received by the assistant

4. A can do a work in 4 days, B in 5 days and C in 10 days. Find the time taken by A, B and C to
do the work together.

5. A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs 600. A alone can do it in 6 days while B alone
can do it in 8 days. With the help of C, they finish it in 3 days. Find the share of each.

6. A can do a piece of work in 7 days of 9 hours each and B can do it in 6 days of 7 hours each.
How long will they take to do it, working together 8 2/5 hours a day ?

7. Rahul takes twice as much time as Manick and thrice as much time as Sachin to complete a
job. If working together, they can complete the job in 4 days, find the time taken by each of them
separately to complete the work.

8. A and B can do a piece of work in 9 days; B and C can do it in 12 days; A and C can do it in
18 days. In how
many days will A, B and C finish it, working together and separately?

9. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In
how many days will A alone finish the work ?

10. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many days does B
alone take to do the same job ?

11. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone finishes the
remaining work in 42 days. In how much time will A and B, working together, finish the work ?

12. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in 20 days. They work together but 2 days before
the completion of the work, A leaves. In how many days was the work completed ?
13. A can complete a work in 10 days, B in 12 days and C in 15 days. All of them began the
work together, but A had to leave the work after 2 days of the start and B, 3 days before the
completion of the work. How long did the work last?

14. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work
together but A leaves after some days and B finished the remaining work in 23 days. After how
many days did A leave?

15. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they
work for a day alternately, A beginning, in how many days, the work will be completed ?

16. A can do a piece of work in 120 days and B can do it in 150 days. They work together for 20
days. Then, B
leaves and A alone continues the work. 12 days after that C joins A and the work is completed
in 48 days more.
In how many days can C do it, if he works alone?

17. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. B and C together can do it in 15 days. If A is
twice as good a
workman as C, find in what time B alone can do it.

18. 45 men can complete a work in 16 days. Six days after they started working, 30 more men
joined them.
How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work ?

19. 10 persons begin to work together on a job but after some days 4 persons leave. As a
result, the job which could have been completed in 40 days is completed in 50 days.
How many days after the commencement of the work did the 4 persons leave?

20. 9 children can complete a piece of work in 360 days. 18 men can complete the same piece
of work in 72 days and 12 women can complete it in 162 days. In how many days can 4 men, 12
women and 10 children together complete the piece of work?

21. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do the
same work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work ?

22. 3 men and 4 women can earn Rs 3780 in 7 days. 11 men and 13 women can earn Rs 15040
in 8 days. In what time will 7 men and 9 women earn Rs 12400?

23. The total time taken by A, B, C and D to complete a work is 4 days. B can complete the
whole work in 25 days. A and B can complete the work in 12 days. A works for 10 days, B works
for 10 days and, C takes only 2 more days to finish the work. If so, find the days required for D
alone to complete the work?